Iihya’ – إحياء(Revival) - excerpt from annihilation earth 2009 Watch Video
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Description: Iihya’ is the closing chapter of Sama Alshaibi’s project Silsila (“Link,” photography and video, 2009-2017). Following a 40-year displacement from the artist’s homeland of southern Iraq, her return coincides with an apocalyptic reckoning with the dying ancient Mesopotamian Marshes. Once seen crisscrossing the historic deserts and water bodies of North Africa and the Middle East throughout Silsila, the protagonist returns to the source of creation and civilization. After decades of wate
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